期刊名称：International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
印刷版ISSN：0267-3843
电子版ISSN：2164-4527
出版年度：2014
卷号：19
期号：2
页码：262-277
DOI：10.1080/02673843.2012.743920
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：This study is an interview-based investigation of 15 students with unexcused absences in the last school year in Swedish compulsory school. The aim is to explore students' descriptive perspectives on truancy, school life and their own futures. The interviews are analysed as presentations of accounts within symbolic interaction. The students account a variety of excuses or justifications, including internal justifications, such as ‘I didn't understand’, and external justifications, such as ‘My dad is sick’. Examples of motivations for truancy include boredom (justifying internal excuses) and bullying (justifying external excuses). Most of the excuses seem to connect to the school atmosphere. All students except one indicate that they dislike school and all students except three have relationship problems with peers and teachers. These three students display a change or ‘turning point’ from truant behaviour to continual school attendance and from exclusion to inclusion.
关键词：student interview-based research ; relationship problems ; excuses and justification for truancy ; turning points ; school atmosphere
